Report on ICBM denied

NEW DELHI, MAY 4. India tonight strongly denied a report of launching its first 5000-km range inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) in the next eight months with the help of Russian cryogenic engine. ``The ICBM is neither our project nor our intention,'' the External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh, said at a press conference jointly addressed by the Russian Foreign Minister, Mr. Igor Ivano.

The Minister was commenting on the U.S. Defence Department magazine Defense News, which stated that the range of Surya - ICBM - would be enhanced upto 1,200 km in 2003, and eventually extended to 20,000 km.

- UNI

Protest against Mcdonald

MUMBAI, MAY 4. BJP activists today threw cowdung at one of the outlets of the multinational fastfood giant Mcdonald in south Mumbai, in protest against the alleged use of beef in French fries being sold by the restaurant.

The action of the restaurant had hurt the sentiments of vegetarians and also the Hindu community, the spokesman for the demonstrators, Mr. Manish Phadke, said here today.

``This is only symbolic and if the fastfood restaurant does not follow the required norms, the BJP activists will demonstrate in front of all their outlets,'' Mr. Phadke said.

- PTI

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